McLaurine Pinover allegedly made videos with affiliate sponsor links for her Instagram account from her digs at the Office of Personnel Management.

The communications director for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) was recently caught doubling as a fashion influencer on social media — while using her government office as a backdrop in an apparent violation of federal rules.

On the day that 20 people in the Office of Personnel Management were told they would lose their jobs as part of a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) purge, the agency’s spokesperson, McLaurine Pinover,

As the Office of Personnel Management oversaw the layoffs of thousands of federal workers and pressed others to justify their positions, the agency’s chief spokesperson repeatedly used her office for a side hustle: aspiring Instagram fashion influencer.